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Iceland

HW-MN0103163 – Residency

30th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0103163
HW-MN0103163 Confirmed in the catalog @98272
Jul 21 – Oct 8, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Oct 2024

44 m
Deepest dive
1:36
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
78

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 21, 202426 m11.7°C23 m
Jul 26, 202427 m11.1°C24 m
Jul 27, 202451 m11.3°C44 m
Aug 4, 202423 m10.8°C20 m
Aug 7, 202428 m11.1°C20 m
Aug 10, 202440 m11.4°C36 m
Aug 28, 202417 m10.1°C15 m
Oct 8, 202426 m8.1°C21 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 21, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 28, 2024 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Aug 28Oct 8, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 8

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

44 m
Deepest dive
1:36
Longest dive
78
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
78
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255044 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (51 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 27, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 51 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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